"And perhaps I will find myself at a gathering full of people who have made a new meaning for this day."
This is the key to most holidays. Most events we celebrate are in fact a figment of our imagination. We celebrate events with tragedy woven into their conception.
We are all to busy, and any event that is going to give me a chance to gather with my family, is reason enough for me to celebrate.
Many holidays have been conjured up in-order to create commerce.
Events we all should reflect on have been commercialized to the point of utter disgust.
Remembering, sympathizing, honoring, and celebrating on scheduled dates, can be "a gathering full of people who have made a new meaning for this day."
Life goes by in a blink of an eye, and is to short.
There are so many issues that haunt humanity, it is nice to be able to take a break once in a while!
Have a lovely and joyful day!
So true, and thankfully that is how it turned out. Not only that, but I got to talk about this article during dessert, after someone else brought up issues related to Native Americans. And it wound up being a great conversation where we could all affirm together that we were embracing a different meaning for the holiday solely about giving thanks for abundance of all kinds.
Glad to hear you gathered with your family yesterday, as I suspected you would get to. Have a great holiday weekend as well!